Chris Korda

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Chris Korda (* 1962 in New York City ) is an American Gender - activists , musicians and software developers who primarily as the founder and leader of the controversial religious community Church of Euthanasia is known.

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Korda is the only child of the British writer Michael Korda and was born in New York City in 1962. Since he does not want to commit himself to one gender, Korda often appears in public in women's clothes. He describes himself as a “ transgendered person ”, but does not see himself as a transsexual person.

In 1992 he founded in Delaware, the Church of Euthanasia (CoE), with demands like planet Save the, kill yourself ( Save the planet, kill yourself ), or Thou shalt not procreate ( Thou shalt not procreate you , see. Antinatalism ) the rapid Criticized population growth . The CoE is officially recognized as a religious community in the United States . According to its own information, the CoE already had several hundred members in the United States in 1996.

According to Korda, humanity is responsible for the destruction of other forms of life through its dominance and must therefore be decimated. The founder of the religion has called himself Reverend Korda since the organization was founded and campaigns for the earth to be saved through suicide , abortion , cannibalism and sodomy .

In Germany, Korda was best known for his two singles Save The Planet, Kill Yourself and Sex Is Good , which were released in 1997 and 1998 on DJ Hell's renowned Munich techno label International Deejay Gigolos .

His first album Six Billion Humans Can't Be Wrong was also released in 1999 on International Deejay Gigolos. Originally, a photo was supposed to be used for the cover that showed Korda in an incinerator at the Dachau concentration camp . The reviewers Oke Göttlich and Jörg Sundermeier criticized Korda in an article in Jungle World with reference to this announcement by the CoE:

“It seems that Korda uses every means for the success of the 'special personality'. Obviously, being an anti-Semite is part of it. "

- Oke Göttlich , Jörg Sundermeier : Jungle World No. 29, July 14, 1999

The cover of the publication on Gigolo then featured a simple portrait photo of Kordas. The British music magazine NME saw the album mainly as “ excellent techno music ” for a “ nice party ” that was so good that you could almost forget that it was made by a “ totally crazy ” person.

For the 2003 single I Like To Watch , he produced a music video in which he combined images of reporting on the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 with excerpts from pornographic films. After the press shop initially refused to produce the single due to the provocative cover design, there were delays in production. The organizers of the Dutch Lowlands canceled a planned appearance by Korda in the run-up to the festival due to the publication and critical reporting in the Dutch press. The record label Null Records eventually released the single along with a statement justifying the use of the images of the attack in the video. The theme of Korda's piece of music is the " obscenity of uninhibited repetition and use of these images in the context of the most varied of interests ".

In 2003 his album The Man Of The Future was released , which received average reviews. In 2019, after 15 years without new releases, the album Akoko Ajeji followed on the Berlin label Perlon .

Discography

Albums

  • 1999: Six Billion Humans Can't Be Wrong (DJ Mix; as Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia ; International Deejay Gigolos )
  • 2003: The Man Of The Future (International Deejay Gigolo Records)
  • 2004: Victim Of Leisure - Live @ BURN.FM (Platoniq)
  • 2019: Akoko Ajeji ( Perlon )

Singles and EPs

  • 1993: Save The Planet, Kill Yourself (Kevorkian Records)
  • 1997: Save The Planet, Kill Yourself (re-release on International Deejay Gigolos)
  • 1998: Sex Is Good (International Deejay Gigolos)
  • 2002: I Like To Watch (Null Records)
  • 2002: When It Rains EP (International Deejay Gigolos)
  • 2003: The Man Of The Future (International Deejay Gigolos)
  • 2020: Magic Cookie EP (PARTOUT)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Makes love, not babies - Article by Henryk M. Broder in DER SPIEGEL 48/1996
  2. ↑ Church of Euthanasia at teutonia.mur.at, accessed on June 22, 2010
  3. ↑ a b Suicide for fear of death , accessed June 22, 2010
  4. ↑ image , accessed on June 22, 2010
  5. ↑ Oke Göttlich , Jörg Sundermeier: Boring propaganda doesnt work ( Memento of the original from April 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Jungle World . July 14, 1999, accessed June 22, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jungle-world.com
  6. ↑ Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia - Six Billion Humans Can't Be Wrong at discogs.com, accessed June 22, 2010
  7. ↑ Six Billion Humans Can't Be Wrong on NME.com, accessed June 22, 2010.
  8. ↑ Always trouble with Chrissy. "I Like To Watch" remixes with problems. - Article at De: Bug , accessed on June 22, 2010
  9. ↑ Chris Korda is not allowed to play , accessed June 22, 2010
  10. ↑ Monday is Twintower Day , accessed on June 22, 2010
  11. ↑ The Man Of The Future  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Record review at Intro.de , accessed on June 22, 2010@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.intro.de  
  12. ^ Max Graef Lakin: Chris Korda - Akoko Ajeji . In: residentadvisor.net of September 25, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Korda, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American gender activist, musician, and software developer; Founder and leader of the Church of Euthanasia
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City